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Fri 18th Jan 2019
Norwich City FC (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Fourth Official: Davies, Andy

Sat 19th Jan 2019
Aston Villa FC (First Team) v Hull City (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Bond, Darren
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Fourth Official: Bramall, Thomas

Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Ipswich Town F.C. (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: England, Darren
Assistant Referee: Foley, Matt
Assistant Referee: Greenhalgh, Nick
Fourth Official: Duncan, Scott

Derby County FC (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Woolmer, Andy
Assistant Referee: Waters, Adrian
Assistant Referee: Wood, Timothy
Fourth Official: Backhouse, Anthony

Middlesbrough (First Team) v Millwall FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Stroud, Keith
Assistant Referee: Mainwaring, James
Assistant Referee: Smallwood, Billy
Fourth Official: Webb, David

Nottingham Forest FC (First Team) v Bristol City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Simpson, Jeremy
Assistant Referee: Hopton, Nick
Assistant Referee: George, Michael
Fourth Official: Lugg, Nigel

Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Madley, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Fourth Official: Davies, Andy

Rotherham United FC (First Team) v Brentford FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Harrington, Tony
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Matthews, Adam
Fourth Official: Donohue, Matthew

Sheffield Wednesday FC (First Team) v Wigan Athletic FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Bankes, Peter
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Assistant Referee: Russell, Geoffrey
Fourth Official: Stockbridge, Sebastian

Stoke City FC (First Team) v Leeds United AFC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Ward, Gavin
Assistant Referee: Pottage, Mark
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Fourth Official: Langford, Oliver

Swansea City FC (First Team) v Sheffield United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Brooks, John
Assistant Referee: Crysell, Adam
Assistant Referee: Howson, Akil
Fourth Official: Young, Alan

Mon 21st Jan 2019
Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team)
Football League Championship    
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Meredith, Steven
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Fourth Official: Simpson, Jeremy

Is this the first weekend of the season with no SG1's in the Championship?

Why did Ward miss out on a couple of championship seasons?

Quote from: exile on Mon 14 Jan 2019 22:32

Why did Ward miss out on a couple of championship seasons?

Not sure exactly what you mean.

Are you asking why he wasn't in the first tranche of SG2 officials ?

If so the answer is he wasn't good enough. He barely is now.

(I know that didn't stop them appointing a load of other SG2s who weren't good enough either.)

I was meaning why, after doing quite a few seasons in the championship, did he not referee any championship games after the 2015/16 season until this season. Was he demoted, injured......?

Quote from: exile link=topic=473.msg4142#msg4142 date= 1547551794

Quote from: nemesis on Tue 15 Jan 2019 09:58

Quote from: exile on Mon 14 Jan 2019 22:32

Why did Ward miss out on a couple of championship seasons?

Not sure exactly what you mean.

Are you asking why he wasn't in the first tranche of SG2 officials ?

If so the answer is he wasn't good enough. He barely is now.

(I know that didn't stop them appointing a load of other SG2s who weren't good enough either.)

I was meaning why, after doing quite a few seasons in the championship, did he not referee any championship games after the 2015/16 season until this season. Was he demoted, injured......?

Simply because the Select Group 2 was formed from the start of season 16/17, with only a small number of officials added to it. Since 16/17 championship games are only refereed by either SG1 (the PL refs) or SG2 (the Championship refs).  He was not selected for SG2 initially so therefore did not do Championship games.

Thank you.

Appointments are made a good 4 to 6 weeks in advance, then published the Monday before so his appointment would have been based on the season to that point. If a major howler had been made in previous matches the FL/SG would move referees about. Hence why one bad performance may not appear to affect that referee